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The 91-year-old Xiao Qinglian performs his stunt show of handstand with both legs over shoulder while picking up a coin with mouth by lowering his head to the ground, in a park of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2009. The nonagenarian man has kept on the extraordinary physical exercises over the past 27 years to keep body fit.

Beer lovers are being given the chance to take the plunge in a health spa pool - filled with 42,000 pints of lager. Spa bosses in Starkenberg, Austria, claim that beer can treat skin conditions, blood circulation and can even help cure wounds.
The spa - part of a local brewery - contains seven 13ft long pools filled with beer which you can even ask to be served chilled or heated. Bathers can try drinking the bathwater but head barman Markus Amann, 23, said: "I'd rather swim than swallow, as we have enough cold beer on tap at the bars next to the pools.

"These pools really can help some health problems - but if they don't work for you, you'll probably have drunk enough not to care about it any more," he added.
Beer bath bosses at nearby Schrammel reckon warm beer is the best for health cures and bathers sit in cut down lager barrels. Meanwhile, even monks are getting in on the craze for health on tap. Brewers of the distinctive dark Klosterbrauerei in rural eastern Germany have produced a spa supplement for customers to put in the tub at home. "It opens up the pores. The yeast penetrates the skin and after 15 minutes your skin feels softer everywhere," said spokesman Dirk Vock.

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Moorea is a high island in French Polynesia located at 17 km away from northwest of Tahiti. The island surrounded with spectacular beaches, coconut trees and mountains is the one of the popular honeymoon destinations for newly wedded couples from Europe and America. The magnificent beach resorts and the nature’s beauty of Moorea island are not just for newly wedded couples, but takes anyone into the romantic mood. Here, I present some of the fascinating pictures of Moorea beach resorts.

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Alyssa’s paintings are of a representational narrative genre. She portrays a specific place and time with simultaneous empathy and detachment. Monks is part of the Continuing Education Faculty at the New York Academy of Art, where she teaches Flesh Painting. She currently is also an instructor at the Montclair State University. She earned her BA from Boston College and an MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art. At the New York Academy of Art, Alyssa studied with Vincent Desiderio, Jenny Saville, Wade Schuman, Brenda Zlamany, John Jacobsmeyer, Harvey Citron, Deane Keller, Edward Schmidt, Steven Assael, and Lisa Bartolozzi. She additionally studied at Montclair State College, the New School, and Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College.

Alyssa has been awarded the Grant for Painting from the Elizabeth Greensheilds Foundation three times and has had recent solo shows in New York and Anaheim, California. Alyssa is currently represented by Sarah Bain Gallery in Anaheim and DFN Gallery in New York. Her work is available at David Klein Gallery in Michigan and Hespe Gallery in San Fransisco.

Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, sees the bi-annual event of massive display of beautifully decorated flower carpets.